Police dog helps recover Rs 1.07 cr stolen from Gujarat farmer’s house

PTI Ahmedabad: A police dog helped crack a theft case involving Rs 1.07 crore and led to the arrest of two persons in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district, an official said on Friday. With the help of Penny, a Dobermann, the district police on Thursday apprehended the accused and recovered the entire sum they allegedly stole on October 12, the official said. As per an official release, the police have arrested Budha Solanki and his accomplice Vikram Solanki, both residents of Saragvala village in Dholka taluka.

A 52-year-old farmer became a millionaire overnight after selling a piece of land near the Lothal archaeological site close to his village, and it fetched him Rs 1.07 crore, sub-inspector P N Gohil of Koth police station said. The farmer then went to Tarapur in Anand district on October 12 for some work after locking his house, he said. “Since the farmer was planning to buy another piece of land using the proceeds, he stuffed the cash in two plastic bags and kept them inside his dilapidated kutcha house on October 10. On the night of October 12, some persons broke into the house by removing some bricks near the window and decamped with the bags,” the official said. Gohil said local police found out about the theft the next day and started questioning 30 suspects. In the past, when the farmer purchased a car after selling another piece of land, Budha drove it home because farmer didn’t know how to drive.